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-------- FOLLOW US ----------------------------------------------------------- MHVLUG is proud to announce our June meeting: -------- WHY THE WEB NEEDS HTML5 --------------------------------------------- In early 2011 W3C [2] launched HTML5 [3]. It is the first major revision of the HTML specification since 1997, a specification created before the world saw Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Wikipedia, or even Google. Perhaps it is a given that HTML5 is sorely needed, it promises to solve practical and immediate problems with web standards (video, animation, mobile, semantics, and much more) that despite demand have gone unresolved. Many of these problems, however, were already known to previous efforts to standardize the web, yet apparently failed where HTML5 has succeeded. Why? And what makes us think HTML5 won't suffer the same fate? This talk will given an overview of HTML5 and why it's critical to the modern web. Chris Joslyn has waded neck-deep in web standards since the unexpected start of his internet-dependant career in 2004. He currently squeezes magic out of JavaScript as an Interactive Developer for Kenzan Media, developing interactive things and working to bring iTV via web or what-have-you to the masses. .... Lightning Talks * Guacamole [4] (HTML5 Clientless Remote Desktop) - Joe Apuzzo * Drupal meetup_events [5] module - Sean Dague * Add Some More [6] Before the main talk we will do a series of lightning talks (up to 3), each 10 minutes or less, on something Open Source related. It could be a fun new program, a book, a blog post, or really anything you think the wider MHVLUG community would find some interest in. People that have posted their talk subject to the website in advance have priority. Time permitting, we'll also take impromptu lightning talks from the floor. The meeting space opens up at 5pm for pre meeting general discussion, question asking, show and tell, and setup. All are welcome to join. If you are planning on using the projector for your lightning talk, please arrive at 5:30 to ensure we can work out any kinks with the projector prior to the meeting. The meeting will take place at Multi Purpose Room, 2nd Floor College Center, Vassar College on Wednesday, June 6 at 6 pm. All meetings are free and open to the public, and everyone from all levels of expertise and interest in Linux and Open Source Software are encouraged to attend (and bring a friend or two)! After each meeting ends everyone is welcome to join in on an informal dinner gathering at the Palace Diner on Washington St. This is a great opportunity to interact with members of the local Linux community, and a forum where questions and comments are strongly welcomed. For more details, including maps and directions, please see http://mhvlug.org/meetings/2012/why-the-web-needs-html5 [7]. [1] http://mhvlug.org [2] http://www.w3.org/ [3] http://whatwg.org/html [4] http://guac-dev.org/ [5] http://drupal.org/project/meetup_events [6] http://mhvlug.org/contact?category=Lightning%20Talk [7] http://mhvlug.org/meetings/2012/why-the-web-needs-html5
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_______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Jun 6 - Why the Web Needs HTML5 Jul 11 - Mad Science Fair - Open Hardware Expo Aug 1 - Pimp My Network
